How the Hartzogs Spend Easter

I guess I like spending the holidays in a somewhat unconventional way. I still remember the year I spent Christmas at Dad and Libby's and we made our own sushi for Christmas dinner. So I guess it's not surprising that "going to church" wasn't on our list of things we did on Easter. Well, Dad Hartzog and Gaga went, so hopefully they prayed for the rest of us.

Easter kind of started for us the night before. We came home from dinner and found that two beautifully painted eggs had been left for the kids and there was a bunny window decoration on the sliders outside. I guess the bunny wanted to make sure the kids knew that he'd still hide baskets for them at Papa's house, not to worry!

We got up at a fairly reasonable hour (God I adore having older children) and they waited patiently in the hallway for us to have some coffee and find the "on" button on the cameras before they started basket-seeking. After much lots of searching (Harley was thoroughly confused about what was happening) the kids found their bountiful baskets and dug in.

Papa took Gaga to church and we packed up some snacks and drinks for our day. We rented a boat and hit the intercoastal. It was GORGEOUS out. A totally perfect day to be out there. We hit Singer Island, had some brunch (it was about the only time Julia wore her Easter dress all day!) and then scooted over to Peanut Island.

In all the years we've been taking boats out we've never docked out at Peanut Island. It's this great little spot where you can dock or anchor and play on the beach, wade in the shallows or explore the cute little island. There were people who camp out there too. How fun!!

We hit the beach and Papa took a nap while we walked out into the shallows and checked out all the boating activity. It was a giant party. It was hysterical. The floor of the ocean had some sharp shells, so the bottoms of our feet were a little worse for the wear, but it was very cool out there.

Sun, fun and something new, what a great Easter!!